Inhibition of browning of harvested head lettuce

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 314-316

  Castaner M ^a   Gil, M I ^a   Artes, F ^a   Tomas Barberan, F A ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Browning; Cut stems; Inhibition; Lettuce

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001142865     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1996.tb14184.x     Document Type: Article

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